The Japanese Grand Prix will be a special event for Red Bull Racing. After years of having a Honda engine, this will be the final time they will run with those power units at Suzuka. The team have already hinted at a special livery, and the first picture of their team kit has also surfaced.
After two rounds into the 2025 Formula One season, Red Bull Racing have announced that Yuki Tsunoda will replace Liam Lawson from the Japanese GP onwards. The driver has set his sights on a clear goal next weekend.
Liam Lawson’s demotion to Racing Bulls after just two Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing is the best outcome for the Kiwi driver, says former F1 driver, Juan Pablo Montoya.
Jan Lammers also watched as McLaren clinched the win at the first two Grand Prix weekends of the season. Red Bull Racing – especially in China – followed behind. Will Max Verstappen’s team be able to catch up to the papaya outift? For now, Lammers sees a big advantage for McLaren over Verstappen and the rest of their pursuers.
Yuki Tsunoda would not have done so, but even if he had wanted to: it would have been impossible for him to turn down F1 promotion to Red Bull Racing, it appears, after he was appointed as Liam Lawson’s replacement.
Yuki Tsunoda would not have done so, but even if he had wanted to: it would have been impossible for him to turn down F1 promotion to Red Bull Racing, it appears, after he was appointed as Liam Lawson’s replacement.
The expression, nothing changes like the weather, could, in a way, apply to Red Bull Racing. What is the absolute truth for the Austrian team one day can be the opposite the next. There is no longer any measure for Red Bull’s actions and beliefs.
GPblog reported last week that Max Verstappen disagreed with Red Bull Racing’s decision to sideline Liam Lawson, which Helmut Marko then confirmed. Meanwhile, the Austrian also revealed what Verstappen’s plea was to hold on to the New Zealander for longer, since he’d only driven two Grands Prix for the team.
Forever grateful. After all, it was the same Helmut Marko who gave the young Max Verstappen a chance in Formula One when he was only 16, thus spearheading a brilliant career in the sport. But that was then and now is a different world for Verstappen. In the interests of Red Bull Racing, it has become a must that both team principal Christian Horner and also Marko leave, GPblog has learned.
Helmut Marko did have a phone call with Sergio Perez recently. The Austrian top advisor did confirm that, however, the subject was not the one people would have in mind given the recent driver change at Red Bull.
